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"The great actors are the luminous ones. They are the great conductors of the stage."

"It confirms for me that we did something on Days that meant something. We had our ups and downs, but Missy and I and some of the other actors, created something that was really memorable."

"The actor's popularity is evanescent; applauded today, forgotten tomorrow."

"The best thing about switching from being an actor to being a director is that you don't have to shave or hold your stomach in anymore."

"As I was coming up on the stage, there was one source that could make or break you, the New York Times. Inevitably there would be one actor singled out for a better review, or worse, than somebody else. The effect of that was cancerous, divisive."

"Then I got out of the service, and I was going to be a Shakespearean actor."
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"When I did small films like Lily and Buenos Vista, everyone thought my career would be ruined."

"I hate biographies which say, I was called to such and such an office, and he offered me so and so, and I got so and so money. I find that very tedious. The best biographies are written by other people."

"I seemed to belong to three countries: I had an apartment in Paris, a house in Hollywood, and when I married British theater director Peter Hall, I moved to London."

"In order to have great happiness you have to have great pain and unhappiness - otherwise how would you know when you're happy?"

"Fred Astaire was a more formal, trained dancer who loved waltzing and only danced with the girls."
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